More upcoming mobile dental clinics on Orcas

The Arcora Foundation — SmileMobile sees babies (first tooth) up through high school age; pregnant/postpartum people with Apple Health; and those who are uninsured. It will be on Orcas from April 26-29.

The dentist and team may provide one or more of the following: examination, fluoride varnish, sealants, x-rays, simple extraction, temporary filling and written referral. Call the SmileMobile to make an appointment at 1-888-286-9105. In addition, the Medical Teams International Dental Van for adults on Medicaid or uninsured is back on Orcas May 10-13. They are excited to announce that they will be able to offer Dental Hygiene (teeth cleaning) services all four days. Please contact the San Juan County Health Department, 360-378-4474, or the Orcas Community Resource Center 360-376-3184 or Senior Center 360-376-2677 to get more information and an application.

As a founder, product lead at Pinterest and PM for a couple products at Google, as well as a growth partner for Initialized Capital, I’ve seen many product teams struggle to grow. Many products start out with a bang. Some find product-market fit with sustained growth. A few have gone through spurts of hyper-growth. But more often than not, I’ve seen most of them linger then fizzle.

“Founders launch their product, wonder why it isn’t growing like gangbusters and then immediately try to fix their growth problem.”

They turn to growth tactics like optimizing their on-boarding funnel, SEO or push notifications before really understanding what they are building and who they are building for. This may create an initial burst of short-term growth.

But it ultimately leads to high churn of your possible customers, while ignoring problems in the core product.
Before trying different growth tactics like throwing spaghetti at a wall, startups need to take a fresh look at their users, evaluate their product end goals and re-define the journey they want their users to take to get there. Here are some tips that can help define a path which will clarify the different steps needed to unlock product growth.